Day in Pictures, Oct. 22, 2013

October 22, 2013 |By Mike Moffitt

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Whack a lantern: Team of Shrine parishioners attempt to knock over or pull down opposing team lanterns placed atop 10-foot-long bamboo poles during the Usuki Lantern Festival in Himeji, Japan. The lantern "battle" is the climax of the annual Bamboo Lantern Festival.

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Whack a lantern: Team of Shrine parishioners attempt to knock over or pull down opposing team lanterns placed atop 10-foot-long bamboo poles during the Usuki Lantern Festival in Himeji, Japan. The lantern "battle" is the climax of the annual Bamboo Lantern Festival.